Rejecting a measure based upon diminution of the market value of the damaged area, the Court held that the applicable measure is “the cost reasonably to be incurred by the sovereign or its designated agency to restore or rehabilitate the environment in the affected area to its pre-existing condition, or as close thereto as is feasible without grossly disproportionate expenditures”.
Desestimando un cálculo basado en la disminución del valor de mercado de la zona dañada, el Tribunal declaró que el cálculo aplicable era: “el costo razonable que para el soberano o el organismo que este designe suponga restaurar o rehabilitar el medio ambiente en la zona afectada hasta que recupere su estado anterior, o el estado más cercano posible al anterior, sin que se efectúen unos gastos considerablemente desproporcionados”.